Kentucky awaiting paperwork from recruits

Kentucky has received verbal commitments from what is considered to be one of its best recruiting classes ever.

The Wildcats are just waiting for them to put them in writing.

Six-foot-5 twins Aaron and Andrew Harrison of Richmond, Texas, 6-6 James Young of Rochester, Minn., 6-9 Marcus Lee of Antioch, Calif., and 6-9 Derek Willis of Mt. Washington, Ky., have said they would attend Kentucky. But none had signed letters of intent on Wednesday, the first day of the early signing period that ends on Nov. 21.

Aaron Harrison indicated that he and his brother will wait until the late signing period in April before committing to ensure the Wildcats' coaching staff would remain in place.

Kentucky spokesman DeWayne Peevy says the school will announce signings when letters are received.

Louisville has received signed letters-of-intent from all four of its 2013 recruits.

Chris Jones, a 5-foot-10 point guard and junior college All-American selection who led Northwest Florida State to the national title game, heads the Cardinals' class. Louisville coach Rick Pitino calls him the country's best backcourt prospect and the Memphis native is considered the likely successor to Big East preseason player of the year Peyton Siva.

The high school and prep ranks comprise Louisville's three other recruits: Akoy Agau, a 6-8 center from Omaha (Neb.) Central High School; Anton Gil, a 6-4 guard from Raleigh, N.C., from Hargrave Military Academy in Chatham, Va.; and Terry Rozier, a 6-1 guard from Cleveland, also at Hargrave.

Devin Davis likes being No. 1.

He was the first player to commit to Indiana in this year's recruiting class, the first to send in his national letter-of-intent Wednesday and he hopes to be the first to hang more than one national championship banner during his career in Bloomington.

The 6-foot-6 forward was one of five players expected to sign with the Hoosiers on Wednesday, the first day of the early signing period.

"I'm really excited, just playing in front of all of those fans and playing for Coach (Tom) Crean, you couldn't ask for much more," said Davis, who plays at Warren Central in suburban Indy.

Davis isn't going to Bloomington as the top-ranked recruit.

That honor belongs to 6-9 forward Noah Vonleh, who has been rated in the top 10 nationally. The New Hampton (N.H.) Prep star announced last week he had chosen the Hoosiers over Syracuse, Ohio State, Connecticut, North Carolina and Georgetown.

The rest of the group doesn't trail by much.

Troy Williams, a 6-6 forward from Oak Hill Academy in Virginia, and Stanford Robinson, a 6-4 shooting guard from Henderson, Nev., have both been ranked in the top 60. Luke Fischer of Germantown, Wis., is considered one of the nation's top centers. And Crean got two of the state's best prep players, Davis and Collin Hartman, a 6-6 forward from Indianapolis Cathedral.